An Australian police officer has been hailed as a hero by the country’s prime minister, after she confronted and shot dead a man who fatally stabbed six people at a Sydney shopping centre. “There is no doubt that she saved…
Teacher killed in France school stabbing
A teacher has been killed and two people have been seriously injured in a knife attack at a school in France, officials say. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack happened at the Gambetta high school in the northern city…
France stabbing: Children attacked by knifeman in Annecy park
Four very young children have been stabbed in a park near Lake Annecy, in France’s south-east, the interior minister says. Police overpowered and arrested the attacker, Gérald Darmanin said. Reports say the children were aged about three years old and…
Man kills kindergarten teacher, injures 9 in Poland
Authorities on Wednesday reported that an unknown man killed a kindergarten teacher and injured nine more in a knife attack at a day care centre in central Poland. Poland’s PAP news agency reported that the attacker was a 19-year-old man…
Portugal: 2 women stabbed to death at Lisbon’s Islamic centre
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a stabbing at an Islamic centre in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Portuguese authorities have said. Officers were called to the centre just before 11am (10:00 GMT) on Tuesday where they…
6 injured in knife attack at Paris Gare du Nord train station
A knife attacker wounded six people in an unprovoked attack in Paris’ busy Gare du Nord train station before being shot by police, the French interior minister said. The man had attacked several people, including a police officer, with a…
Man kills 2, injures 4 in an attack in West Bank settlement
The Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue service in Israel said two people were killed and four others seriously injured in a knife attack in Ariel in Israel West Bank. The Israeli military said the suspected Palestinian attacker initially fled, but…
3 killed, 6 wounded in China kindergarten stabbing
Three people were killed and six others wounded in a knife attack Wednesday at a kindergarten in southeast China’s Jiangxi province. A “gangster wearing a cap and mask” stormed the private kindergarten in Anfu county at about 10:00 am local…
Nice attack: Mayor says deadly stabbing points to terrorism
Three people have been killed in a knife attack in the French city of Nice, police say. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said there had been a “terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame basilica”. One elderly victim who had…
